The Underground Railroad was a secret web of escape routes and safe houses, and large numbers of slaves, with the help of lots of courageous people, fled to the Northand obtained freedom through it.
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- The Underground Railroad was a （1） web of escape （2） and safe houses the courageous men and women used to (3) slaves from the American South. Many men and women, including both the blacks and whites, together (4) it.
- What difficulties did the slaves have in travelling the Underground Railroad to freedom?
- Among the three heroes mentioned in the second part, who was a slave that struggled his way to freedom with the help of the Underground Railroad?
- The leader of Underground Railroad Harriet Tubman helped many slaves escape.
- By citing examples the author praises the exploits of civil-rights heroes who helped slaves travel the Underground Railroad to freedom.